SK80
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Post by SK80 on Jun 12, 2023 3:58:20 GMT -8
When Elon speaks.
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thefrog
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Post by thefrog on Jun 12, 2023 4:56:20 GMT -8
Right message, wrong way of going about it.
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Post by nictoe on Jun 12, 2023 6:14:05 GMT -8
The tragedy with some rogue heads, is that they twist the insights of certain savants for their own nefarious needs. Jaques Ellul was a prolific existentialist author who predicted most of the ills and evils we're all experiencing today:
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Post by nictoe on Jun 17, 2023 14:58:54 GMT -8
Father of the whistleblowers dead at 92:
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Post by nictoe on Jul 21, 2023 16:01:00 GMT -8
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Post by nictoe on Jul 31, 2023 15:40:35 GMT -8
The Pee-wee peevert dead at 70:
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Post by ProfessorFate on Jul 31, 2023 15:47:45 GMT -8
But he was great in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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thefrog
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Post by thefrog on Jul 31, 2023 18:38:59 GMT -8
Pee Wee's Big Adventure is absolutely hilarious to me.
RIP to a Legend
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Post by nictoe on Aug 1, 2023 4:51:17 GMT -8
The showbiz peevert never really could manage his inner demons.
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Post by nictoe on Aug 7, 2023 11:37:35 GMT -8
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Geez, did this dude ever make some MOVIES !
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SK80
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Post by SK80 on Sept 29, 2023 5:12:18 GMT -8
I know with politics and where we are at today, its hard to grieve for the opposition, but with due respect...
I chose to not start a Sen. Diane Feinstein thread so not start a political post regarding her passing.
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Post by MDDad on Sept 29, 2023 6:22:46 GMT -8
I disagreed with almost all of her political positions, but I'm still sad that she has died. And I think the term "due respect" is entirely appropriate, because it allows everyone to decide for themselves just how much respect she is due.
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Post by SK80 on Sept 29, 2023 6:45:55 GMT -8
I will always respect the position, that is the office. What I am losing respect for today is how many are gaining that position or office. I too mostly stood against what she often stood for. She was however a bit of the old mold, one that did at times in the least listen to the opposing side of the table. Reagan and O' Neil, Clinton and Gingrich, even in opposition they could find some sense of balance for the common good. These stalwarts are a dying if not dead (literally) breed in politics.
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Post by MDDad on Sept 29, 2023 8:19:35 GMT -8
I think the goal of almost all politicians is to get elected, get re-elected and stay in office, and then run for higher office when the time is right. The way to do those things used to be to point to your accomplishments as proof that you are the right person for the job. That's not true anymore. Now the way to win and stay in office is to be loud, crude, insulting, vulgar, flashy and outrageous. Accomplishment has become absolutely irrelevant
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Post by ProfessorFate on Sept 29, 2023 18:06:27 GMT -8
I will always respect the position, that is the office. What I am losing respect for today is how many are gaining that position or office. I too mostly stood against what she often stood for. She was however a bit of the old mold, one that did at times in the least listen to the opposing side of the table. Reagan and O' Neil, Clinton and Gingrich, even in opposition they could find some sense of balance for the common good. These stalwarts are a dying if not dead (literally) breed in politics. Yes, I too opposed nearly everything she stood for. However, it seemed that she mellowed in her old age. That often happens as people age, How does that old adage go?... If you're not a liberal when you are young, you have no heart; If you aren't a conservative when you are old, you have no brain. Plus she may have seemed more reasonable because she was contrasted by being around progressive idiots like AOC who started her career by trying to take over Feinstein's office on her first day in office. Or was that Pelosi's office? |
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